My generation

My generation

My generation

My generation

(The city's all wrapped up!)

I saw the best minds of my generation running on empty

Super-glued to the TV

Dreaming of prosperity

Talking incessantly, saying nothing

Sleepin' on platforms at train stations

Sipping chemical cocktails

Alive to the universe, dead to the world

Hallucinating delusions of media reality in Camden Town

Desperate in the pursuit of cool!

He's in a suit; she's in a straight jacket

7-11 nightmares at 3AM

Lay low... and the moon is quite holey!

Watch all the bridges collide!

And I think we might have to lay low for a while

I saw the best minds of my generation caught up in the virtual reality of living

Memorizing pin numbers & secret codes

Swaying robotically to non-existant rhythms

Flashing memberships to club "So Exclusive, Nobody Belongs"

Scared shitless

Witless

Clueless

Useless

Tight-lipped

Tight-fisted

Tight-assed

Half-assed (Lay low)

Ass-lickin'

Coke-sniffin'

Money-grabbin'

Ego-jabbin'

(Lay low)

Ass-lickin'

Coke-sniffin'

Money-grabbin'

Ego-jabbin'

Lay low... and the moon is quite holey!

(Sniveling, groveling, moaning, groaning)

(Sniveling, groveling, moaning, groaning)

(Sniveling, groveling, sniveling, groveling, sniveling, groveling, sniveling, groveling)

Watch all the bridges collide!

And I think we might have to lay low for a while

(Why, why, why, why!)

The city's all wrapped up in plastic, like an electronic cocoon

If you lay in the street, you can hear it humming

Building up slowly from underground

If you close your eyes you can observe the blueprint

The man-made DNA that spirals breathlessly out of control

As synapses collapse, bridges snap, into a restless utopia... Utopia!

Now the rain has arrived, and I think we might have to lay low (A halo, halo)

Wow! The rain has arrived, and I think we might have to lay low (A halo, halo)

Jesus said, "Lay down your arms."

Jesus said, "Children, come home!"

My generation

My generation

My generation

My generation

My generation

For the next thirty or sixty days

We urge you to play this record every day

Play side one in the morning, before you leave your home

Play side two in the evening

If you will do this

You will start the development of those traits in your personality

That will enable you to make people like you, believe you, and trust you